In 1965, Tom Wolfe famously asked of Marshall McLuhan: "Suppose he is the oracle of the modern times--what if he is right?" Fifty years later, McLuhan's biographer, his sons, and sixteen scholars explore how McLuhan's predictions have come true.
Professor and chair of Rhetoric, Writing and Communications at the University of Winnipeg, Jacqueline McLeod Rogers has recently published in such areas as transatlantic suffrage, mommy blogging ethics and prison literature. Tracy Whalen is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Writin and Communications at the University of Winnipeg where she focuses on contemporary Canadian rhetoric. She has published in the areas of rhetoric and charisma, iconicity, literary style, and embodied performance. Catherine Taylor is Professor of Education and Rhetoric and Communications at the University of Winnipeg where she specializes in anti-oppressive education. She has published extensively on sexual and gender minority inclusive education in Canada.
